Management at NAFA obviously knew nothing about history of fur trade like Boco. A bunch of buffoons running that company into the ground.

Pretty much yup. They lived the high life that's for sure.

The problem was NAFA's suppliers (mink ranchers) can't ranch on love like trappers can trap on love.

Yea they should of stick with wild fur. They could sell it , collect the fees and didn't have to make production cost for the shipper,and they would all be back to ship again next year. .

They were always a Mink ranchers' coop. They were always going to do what was best for the owners. Wild fur was the sideline business. It was never the primary money maker.

Ready to have your feathers ruffled?

If NAFA were to come back then anybody who send fur to them or engages in business with them is asking to be taken again and needs to have their head examined. NAFA has shown their hand and made it obvious to everybody that they don't care about the wild fur producers, only political/farmed business interests. From a business standpoint the farmed fur is more reliable but they need to see the wild fur market is an unreliable market as far as what they may receive in a year, but their wild fur producers are reliable people and there are far more of them than people in the ranched fur industry.

But they sure handled a lot of wild fur and trappers made scads of money off Nafa for a long time.

One of the guys in the top of who NAFA owes money to (like somewhere in the top 10-15 as shown by the list that was going around) must be a mink rancher near Arlington, SD. Never knew we still had some big ranch minkers around this state anymore. Or was he a fur financier that loaned NAFA the money-- they owe him a million+

I don't think anyone can say they made scads of money from NAFA, especially for a long time.

Myself and a bunch of trappers here have been selling at the auctions for 40 +years,I can guarantee you we made scads of money thru the auctions.
Some years even the poor fur sold for near the same as the better goods.

Big money, big money.

I can't. I had a few good years. Most years were unimpressive.

I know of this rancher you speak of.

SD Coon Catcher- Is his operation with outside pens or inside? Or maybe the outside way of doing ranch mink is so 1970s.

I know a guy from my former church that used to work at a mink place over by Luverne, MN until about 2+ years ago, then got a factory job. I wonder if that operation is still kicking, I didn't recognize any southern MN names on the list of who NAFA owes money to...

I only know of him through a friend of mine, I don't know any details on the operation. Believe me, I was just as surprised as you when I heard there was a mink farm in SD. I would imagine NAFA falling through might be a big problem for him and his operation.

I guess that all depends on your definition of "scads"

Darn few businesses go broke at the TOP of the market! Good grief.

Several colleagues of mine received bad checks just in a 5 mile radius of my house. They called NAFA and we're told that new checks would be sent out in October then November. Of course, they said they would take care of the bank transaction fee associated with the bounced checks. Nothing has happened and nothing is gonna happen. If they have your fur too, like my buddies, it's in a different country. It may not be their fur, but do you want it back if it was even possible? Shipping costs. I still say it's gone. I'm right until proven different. Your losing money while they hold it too.

NAFA was supporting ranch mink operations across Europe, and had a large operation in Poland. The over supply of ranch mink was created in part by NAFA, NAFA cut it's own throat.

Low of $400/day high of $2000/day.Trapping all species.Both houses.